“What do you get if you take one lazy Sunday afternoon, one British Touring Car champion and the world’s fastest lawn mower?" Honda's ad for the lawn mower asks. "Well here’s your answer.”

The aptly named Mean Mower will only cut grass at 15 mph, thank goodness, but for lawn warriors off to the race-tracks the performance goes up considerably.

Still, 15 mph is twice the speed of the HF2620 model that was used as the blueprint for the Mean Mower's design.

No word yet on when the novelty mower will be available for public consumption. Consumers with very, very large yards will simply have to wait.

The ad, featuring race-car celebrity Gordon “Flash” Shedden (not to be confused with Flash Gordon) is actually very clever:

Honda UK upgraded the base HF2620 with a 1000 cc motorcycle engine and used fiberglass in the body to keep the mower light. A high capacity oil cooler and secondary water cooling radiator have also been added.